SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2012

Join us on January 17th to discuss ways to manage the innovation process as you go to market, gather the right information for product development, create powerful product positioning and messaging, insure that your teams are in alignment, and prepare for a successful product launch and sustainable market and revenue growth.

Product 100

Product Services TechEmpower Competition 100

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? It's fine to send out documents that have older information. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean? Quite often these things get old quickly.

Develop 354

Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

For the past 26 years, Majid has founded, led, turned-around and merged several companies in various industries, as well as providing consulting services to corporate executives in the areas of technology, governance, turn-around and strategy. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2013

Unlike those, however, one of the latest projects, ActiveReplay (www.activereplay.com) has some serious, experienced executives behind it, who have the experience in designing hardware devices--in the form of CEO Dr. Anatole Lokshin, who helped create the consumer GPS market as the CTO of Magellan Navigation. How did that happen?

Startup 166

Startup Examples Design Product 166

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to login? Location/Geography - are you using geographic information? Member Profiles - What data is included?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to login? Location/Geography - are you using geographic information? Member Profiles - What data is included?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You are constantly faced with decisions and there is always incomplete information. You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal. Beautiful slides by top-tier consultants have hoodwinked large companies for years and I can see why.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We''re a one stop shop for clinical and financial management of their practice, including a cloud-based electronic health records solution, letting them manage all of their clinical information, and moving those paper forms to electronic form. For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique software consulting firm based in El Segundo.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. I suggested that they should look for someone like me, but on the business end. I wrote about this a long time ago in Questions Before You Ask.

CTO Coach 259

CTO Coach Mentor Startup Technical Advisors 259

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I’ve always respected your work and perspective on internet businesses and social media so I wanted to pick your brain about opportunities in this space for consulting and full-time employment; how do I position myself? How do I find entrepreneurs who have a great idea that can get or has got funding who need a CTO and/or development team?

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

Those retailers give us information about what kind of offers they would or wouldn''t accept. I owned and ran my own search marketing company, and started and ran a digital consulting company. Todd introduced me to Andrew, and Andrew is now our CTO. Those are based on the numbers we have from retailers.

Pricing 273

Pricing Product Help Sales 273

SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals.

Startup 225

Startup Los Angeles Social Network Twiistup 225

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We then aggregate that information to teachers, for the entire classroom. It might not be problems in geometry, it might be because students can't add fractions in algebra. I had worked for Deloitte Consulting, which had paid for my business school, but when I chose not to go back, I had to come up with $40,000.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I promised to do this post as a follow-up to the session to provide additional links and information. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? It had a passionate group of 50 people attending.

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Users who seek out these second screen apps and opportunities will be rewarded with bonus content, alternate storylines, deeper character analysis, more information, retail opportunities, games, promotions, prizes and whatever else the producers come up with simply by opening the app and swiping, touching or moving along with the show as it airs.

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2007

Been traveling and consulting with a bunch of early-stage and growth companies. I've somewhat fallen off the map on this blog. Really fun stuff these days. One of my recent fun experiences was doing a presentation at Harvard Business School (HBS) on the implications of Web 2.0 a truly developmental kind of experience.

Web 2.0 150

Web 2.0 Web RSS Training 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.), The Geodelic network introduces discovery, replacing the need to search for information. ycombinator.com.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

The broader goal of our company is to provide people with actionable information to lead healthier lives. We then give you interesting bits of information and interesting guidance throughout your day to help you lead a more healthier life. HV: I have a simple way to do user research now. And that’s the reality.

USC 104

USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. Office Space. I always love visiting companies because you can tell so much about the character of the company by spending time in their offices. Nom nom nom. You get a feel for the company “vibe.” The Subway.

Startup 319

Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). I promised that I would do a follow-up post with some thoughts out of the presentation and providing links. This is that post.

Social Media 222

Social Media Services Media Blogging 222

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments. Bridget Hilton – Founder of Jack’s Soap.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78